Cooking utensil.



PATENTED APR. l0,` 1906.

No. 817,476.V

H. ELSNER. GUOKING UTENSIL. APPLICATION FILED APR.4, 1905.

HERMANN ELSNER, OF IRVINGION, NEI/V JERSEY.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 10, 1906.

Application filed April Il, 1905. Serial No. 253,777.

To @ZZ wil/0m, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERMANN ELsNER, a subject of the German Emperor,residing at Irvington, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cooking Utensilsand I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the ac companying drawings and to the letters of reference markedthereon.

My invention relates to improvements in cooking utensils; and the objectof the invention is to provide a device consisting, essentially, of twovessels, one designed to fit within the other, the outer one providedwith means desi ned to engage with and iirmly grip and ho d the innervessel in an elevated or raised position in order to properly drain orstrain such articles as are usually placed in a device of the characterdescribed.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawin s, in which likeletters of ref* erence indicate ike parts, and in which-- Figure l-represents a side elevation of my improved device. Fig. 2 represents avertical section of the same. Fig. 8 represents a plan view of the outermember, and Figs. 4 and 5 represent fragmentary views of modified formsof the inner vessel of the gripping device.

In the drawings the device illustrated consists, essentially, of twovessels, (lettered, re-

spectively, a and a.) The outer vessel a is provided at its upper edgewith a flange b, upon which is pivoted, by means of a stud b, a grippingdevice (lettered c and d) the outer extremities of which form the handleof the device.

The inner vessel a may consist of a cylindrical body of uniform diameterprovided with rings d, secured thereto in any wellknown manner, as shownin the modification illustrated in Fig. 4, or of a cylindrical body ofvarying diameters provided with circular grooves e, as shown in Fig. 2.The rings d and circular grooves e are formed on the vessel a for thepurpose of engaging with projections f and f on the gripping device tofirmly hold in any of the desired ositions the vessel a in relation tothe vesse a. The bottom and entire cylindrical surface of the vessel amay be perforated or so much of it as may be desirablen The flange l),formed on the upper eXtrem ity of the vessel a, is turned up at twopoints on its periphery, which form convenient stops g and g and whichserve the purpose of limiting the movement of the gripping members c andc when the same are separated in order to permit the vessel a/ to beplaced in its lowest position.

The means illustrated in Fig. 3 for separatn ing the gripping membersconsists of a handle h, provided with a spirally-grooved shaft h, whichpasses through both of the gripping members c and c and held in positionby a nut i.

The means illustrated in the modification shown in Fig` 5 for separatingthe members ofthe gripping device consists of a spring j of anyconvenient form and interposed between the said members. The eXtreme endof the member c is provided with an offset or raised portion designed tooverlap the eX- treme end of the gripping member c and also which servesto form a stop for said eXtreme ends of the gripping members when thesame are brought together when it is desired to iir'mly grip and hold inany desired position the inner vessel a.

It will be understood that the construction and parts above shown aregiven only to illustrate the practical embodiment of my invention, and Iwish it to be particularly understood that I do not limit myself to theprecise details of construction hereinbefore described nor to thematerials mentioned and illustrated in the accompanying drawings but Ihold myself at liberty to make such changes and alterations as naturallyfall within the spirit and scope of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is l. A cooking utensilcomprising outer and inner vessels, a pair of semicircular grippingmembers pivoted together and pivotally se cured to the outer vessel atits upper edge for supporting the inner vessel from the upper edge ofthe outer vessel at varying heights, stops arranged on the upper edge ofthe outer vessel to limit the outward movement of the gripping membersand means for separating said gripping members.

2. A cooking utensil comprising an outer vessel provided with a flangeat its upper edge, two semicircular gripping members pivoted together,and pivotally secured to and resting on said flange, means for openingand IOO IIO

1o bers, pivoted together and resting upon said means for closing saidgripping members, and an inner vessel having offsets upon its sides fordirect engagement with said gripping members, to support said innervessel ping members When closed. upon the lan e of said outer vessel.

flange, an inner vessel provided With offsets 5 3. A cooking utensil,comprising an outer I This speci cation signed and witnessed x 5 uponits sides for engagement with said gripvessel provided With a iiange atits upper this lst day of April, 1905.

edge, a gripping device pivotally secured to HERMANN ELSNER said vesselat its upper edge said gripping device consisting of two semicircularmem- Witnesses:

LoUIs M. SANDERS, FREDK. C. FISCHER.

